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K. L. SNYDER July 6, 1965 LABEL Filed June 4, 1962 SNYDER LABEL CORPORATION 1 I88 OAK COURT MENLO PARK. CALIFORNlA b 238.5 5.2 .2 at S; l E: 35:: 853 5% llll l I n 3 I ooooooooooo-j 3 INVENTOR. KENT L. SNYDER ATTORNEY United States 3,333,387 LABEL Kent L. dnyder, 168 Oak Quart, Menlo Park, (Iallf. Filed June 4, 1962, ler. No. 199,863 6 Claims. (Cl. 28143) This invention relates generally to labels, and more particularly to a type of label which is detachable from a pad and affmable to correspondence or the like and which is provided with a further detachable portion usable by the recipient of such correspondence with the minimum of effort as an address label for afiixing to a reply or forwarding envelope.

One type of situation in which the label of this invention is particularly useful is in connection with billings in which the label of this invention may be gumined to the statement and in which a portion of the label may be torn all from the statement and may be used by the recipient as a return address label for affixing to the envelope containing the payment. The labels of this invention are also useful in other analogous situations for providing the recipient of selected correspondence with an address label by which the recipient can mail certain requested material to a designated addressee with a minimum of effort.

For example, in connection with soliciting of individual support for some legislative enactment or the like, the proponents may send a circular to a large group of prospective supporters requesting each to send a letter to a particular legislator urging him to support the enactment. ln this connection, the label of this invention may be put to good use by aflixing it to each circular and to thereby provide each prospective supporter with a ready address label for afiixing to the envelope in which the letter of support may be mailed to its proper designation.

Gther uses for the label of this invention may include its employment in connection with the internal correspondence of a large industrial concern in which the label of this invention is affixed to certain internal correspondence for further routing or for transmitting to some final destination.

Heretofore, for the convenience of debtor and to assure proper addressing of payments, the creditor often included with his statement an envelope with his return address. The use of return envelopes is of course costly since the creditor had to bear the cost thereof and also carefully select the proper size of each envelope so that one fits into the other and the smaller one had to be sufiiciently large to accommodate a check.

It is therefore a primary object of this invention to provide a sender with an inexpensive means attachable to his statements or correspondence which is detachable and which may be used by the recipient to affix to the return or forwarding envelope with a minimum of effort and a maximum assurance that such envelope will reach its proper designation.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a label which has a portion affixable to correspondence and a portion detachable therefrom for use as either a return or a forwarding address label on an envelope or the like.

it is a still further object of this invention to provide a plurality of labels which may be padded for convenient storage and use and from which label portions may be torn oil for affixing to correspondence and in which the label portion aiixed includes a further portion which may be severed from the affixed portion and used as a return or forwarding address label.

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It is another object of this invention to provide a label havin one end portion for padding, on opposite end portion having indicia inscribed thereon representing the address of a destination, and a connecting portion having indica inscribed thereon representing instructions of what to do with the portion having the designation indicia described thereon. The three portions are detachable from one another and tte inscribed portions are afixable to a surface.

It is still another oblect of this invention to provide a label in which three portions are separated by tear lines such as, for example, perforations and in which one of the perforations is weaker than the other so that separation is accomplished in a preselected sequence.

Other objects and a better understanding of the invention may be had by reference to the following description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of the label constructed in accordance with this invention having indicia described thereon;

H6. 2 is a perspective view of a plurality of labels of the type shown in FIG. 1 padded for convenient storage and use;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view showing a further embodiment of the label of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view showing a still further embodiment of the label of HS. 1.

Throughout this disclosure the words label and strip are understood to be interchangeable.

Referring now to the drawings, and particularly to FIG. 1 thereof, there is shown label it) which may be constructed of paper or like material of a desired quality, weight, texture, and surface finish, and which may be dimensioned to suit. Label lb, shown to be of rectangular form, includes a pair of tear lines ill. and R2 in the form of perforations which effectively divide label 13 into three distinct label portions l3, l4 and 15.

The pads of FIGURES 2, 3 and 4 may be blank or have some sort of marking on the strips depending upon the use to which the pad is to be put.

Label portion 13 to the left of tear line it is referred to as the label padding portion and is utilized solely for padding a plurality of labels 39 into a pad 16 (FIG. 2). Accordingl label padding portion 13 may be narrow and is dimensioned to provide a convenient padding portion. Label portion 15 to the right of tear line 12 is referred to as the label address portion and usually comprises, at least area-wise, the larger portion of label 1%). Label portion i l, lying between tear lines ll and 12, is referred to as the label instruction portion and physically connects label padding portion 13 and label address portion 15.

The upper surface of label instruction portion M and label address portion 15 may have certain indicia inscribed thereon depending on the particular use to be made of label l9. In a preferred embodiment of this invention label address portion 15 has inscribed thereon either a return address or a forwarding'address as selected by the sender. For example, label address portion 15, FIG. 1, is inscribed Snyder Label Corporation, 168 Oak Court, Menlo Park, California. Label instruction portion 14 has inscribed thereon indica instructing a recipient what to do with the label address portion. For example, the label instruction portion 15, PEG. 1, is inscribed Tear Off Return Address Label and Aflix to Y our Envelope.

The lower surface (underside) of label instruction portion 14 and label address portion 15 is coated with a suitable adhesive of a character which will permit the label to be affixed in the usual and well known manner to another surface. Such adhesive may be of the type commonly employed on labels requiring moisture or the rubber or latex type which are pressure sensitive.

In use, the sender of a bill, letter, petition, or memorandum tears a label from pad 16 along tear line 11, thereby removing label instruction portion 14 and label address portion still joined to one another. The sender then adhesively affixes label instruction portion 14 to the bill or other matter, the label address portion remaining free of adhesive contact with the bill. In the case of statements, the label instruction portion may read tear oif return address and afiix to your envelope and the label address portion may be inscribed with indica of the name and address of the sender. Upon receipt of the bill with the afiixed label portions, and in response to the instruction on the aifixed label portion, the recipient tears off the label address portion along tear line 12 and adhesively affiXes the label address portion to the envelope in which he places payment for the bill rendered.

It is therefore seen that forwarding payment for the bill rendered is made very easy for the payer since all he need' do is to write a check and place the check in an envelope and afiix the return label address portion thereto. Also, the renderer of the bill is saved the expense of supplying self-addressed envelopes and the bother of placing such self-addressed envelopes into a mailing envelope. Further, the renderer need not use non-standard mailing enveopes or receive non-standard payment envelopes which may not properly fit receptacles or routine routing or postage metering machines.

Even though detaching label portion 14 (and 15) along tear line 11 from pad 16 should present no difiiculty, there might be instances were mistakenly or inadvertently label address portion 15 is torn off along tear line 12 resulting ina wasted label. To guard against such inadvertent separation between portions 14 and 15, when detaching these portions from pad 16 the embodiments shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 might be advantageously employed.

Referring now to FIG. 3 there is shown a label 20 having a label padding portion 21, a label instruction portion 22 and a label address portion 23. A tear line 24 separating the instruction portion 22 from the address portion 23 may take the form of a perforation similar to tear line 12 of FIG. 1. A tear line 25 separating padding portion 21 from instruction portion 22 also may include perforation but either one or both extremities of perforated line 25 are provided with V-shaped indentations 26 and 27 to facilitate tearing. The effect of notches 26 and 27, which substantially weaken the bond between padding portion 21 and instruction portion 22, is to assure that separation between the label portions takes place along tear line 25 rather than tear line 24.

Referring now to FIG. 4, there is shown a label 30 having a padding portion 31, an instruction portion 32 and an address portion 33. The different label portions are separated by a pair of tear lines 34 and 35. Tear lines 34 and 35 mayboth be formed of perforations of different spacing or hole diameter or both. More particularly, perforations 35 are formed of larger holes or closer spaced holes or both so that the bond between instruction portion 32 and padding portion 31 is weaker than the bond between address portion 33 and instruction portion 32 so that separation along tear line 35 occurs before the address portion is severed from the instruction portion.

There has been described an improved label which includes a padding portion, an instruction portion, and an address portion in the order mentioned. Tear lines between the portions facilitate their separation. The tear lines may be in the form of perforations either of the same strength or the one between the instruction portion and the padding portion may be selected to be the weaker of the two. The label of this invention is ideally suited for transmittal to a recipient by way of .afiixingthe label portion to a letter and for providing a recipient with an address label for use with minimum effort to direct mail and the like to a designated address.

What is claimed is:

1. A label comprising: a padding portion, an instruction portion and an address portion in the order named; a first tear line between said padding portion and said instruction portion; a second tear line between said instruction portion and said address portion, said padding portion being usable in combination with the padding portion of like labels for forming a label pad from a plurality of labels; said first tear line having less resistance to tearing than said second tear line so that forcible removal of said address portion from the pad will cause separation along said first tear line; and adhesive means afiixed to the underside of said instruction portion and said address portion. 2. A pad like structure comprising: a plurality of strips bound along a common edge portion, each strip including two tear lines which extend substantially parallel to the edge portion and across said strip, said two lines defining an intermediate strip portion therebetween and a main strip portion opposite said edge portion, the lower surface of said intermediate portion and said main portion being gummed, said tear line closest to the edge portion having less resistance to being torn than the remaining tear line.

3. A pad like structure comprising: a plurality of strips bound along a common edge portion, each strip including two rows of perforations which extend substantially parallel to the edge portion and across said strip, said two rows defining an intermediate strip portion therebetween and a main strip portion opposite said edge portion, the lower surface of said intermediate portion and said main portion being gummed, said row of perforations closest to the edge portion having less resistance to being torn than the remaining row of perforations.

4. A strip comprising: a padding portion, an instruc- 7 tion portion and a third portion in the order named; a first tear line between said padding portion and said instruction portion, a second tear line between said instruction portion and said third portion, said padding portion being usable in combination with the padding portion of like strips for forming a strip pad from a plurality of strips; said first tear line having less resistance to tearing than said second tear line so that forcible removal of said third portion from the pad will cause separation along said first tear line; and adhesive means aifixed to the underside of said instruction portion and said third portion.

5. A label comprising: a padding portion, an instruction portion and an address portion in the order named; a first tear line between said padding portion and said instruction portion; a second tear line between said instruction portion and said address portion, said padding portion being usable in combination with the padding portion of like labels for forming a label pad from a plurality of labels; said first tear line having less resistance to tearing than said'second tear line so that forcible removal of said address portion from the pad will cause separation along said first tear line; adhesive means afiixed to the underside of said instruction portion and said address portion; indicia representing instructions as to the disposition of said address portion inscribed upon the upper surface of said in struction portion; and indicia representing an address or the like inscribed upon the upper surface of said address portion.

6. A pad like structure comprising; a plurality of labels bound along a common edge portion, each label including two rows of perforations which extend substantially parallel to the edge portion and across said label, said two rows defining an intermediate label portion therebetween and a main label portion opposite said edge portion, the lower 'surface of said intermediate portion and said main portion being gummed, and said main portion having inscribed thereon indicia representing a selected address, said row 5 6 of perforations closest to the edge portion having less re- 1,733,805 10/29 Klein 40-2 sistance to being torn than the remaining row of perfora- 1,800,136 4/31 Driess 281-38 tions.

References Cited by the Examiner FOREIGN PATENTS UNITED STATES PATENTS 5 488,185 6/18 France.

756,611 4/04 Field 281-38 964,967 7/10 Hauam 283 56 EUGENE R. CAPOZIO, Pnmary Exammer. 1,318,163 10/19 Lubin 282-23 GEORGE A. NINAS, JR., LAWRENCE CHARLES, JE- 1,330,730 2/20 Thompson 281-434 X ROME SCHNALL, CHARLES A. WILMUTH,

1,684,756 9/28 Close 283-21 10 Examiners. 

1. A LABEL COMPRISING: A PADDING PORTION, AN INSTRUCTION PORTION AND AN ADDRESS PORTION IN THE ORDER NAMED; A FIRST TEAR LINE BETWEEN SAID PADDING PORTION AND SAID INSTRUCTION PORTION; A SECOND TEAR LLINE BETWEEN SAID INSTRUCTION PORTION AND SAID ADDRESS PORTION, SAID PADDING PORTION BEING USABLE IN COMBINATION WITH THE PADDING PORTION OF LIKE LABELS FOR FORMING A LABEL PAD FROM A PLURALITY OF LABELS; SAID FIRST TEAR LINE HAVING LESS RESISTANCE TO TEARING THAN SAID SECOND TEAR LINE SO THAT FORCIBLE REMOVAL OF SAID ADDRESS PORTION FROM THE PAD WILL CAUSE SEPARATION ALONG SAID FIRST TEAR LINE; AND ADHESIVE MEANS AFFIXED TO THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID INSTRUCTION PORTION AND SAID ADDRESS PORTION. 